The US president, the EU as well as governments from all over Latin America have rejected the attempted coup and have shown their support for Lula.
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The international community has condemned, without exception, the assault by Bolsonaro’s followers on the Brazilian Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace. The president of United States, Joe Bidenhas criticized the “assault on democracy” in Brazil, which he has described as “outrageous”, and has shown his support for his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“I condemn the assault on democracy and the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil. The democratic institutions of Brazil have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined,” Biden said on his official profile on the social network Twitter .
I condemn the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil. Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined. I look forward to continuing to work with @LulaOficial.
—President Biden (@POTUS) January 8, 2023
The European institutions condemn the “assault on democracy” in Brazil
The heads of the European institutions have condemned the assault on Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidential Palace of Brazil, considering it an “attack on democracy” and have conveyed their support to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The assault on the highest federal institutions in Brazil “is a great concern for all of us, defenders of democracy,” said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, through his official Twitter account. Likewise, he has expressed his “full support” for the Brazilian president, Lula da Silva, “who was elected freely and fairly.”
On behalf of the 27, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has reminded Brazilian political leaders, and especially former President Bolsonaro, that “they must act responsibly and urge their followers to go home.” “The place to resolve political differences is within Brazil’s democratic institutions and not through violence in the streets,” he added.
Appalled by the acts of violence and illegal occupation of Brasilia’s government quarter by violent extremists today.
Full support to @LulaOfficial and his government, to Congress and to the Federal Supreme Court.
Brazilian democracy will prevail over violence and extremism.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) January 8, 2023
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has also joined the condemnation. “I condemn today’s assault on Brazil’s democratic institutions. The will of the Brazilian people and the country’s institutions must be respected,” Guterres said.
The German Chancellor, Olaf Schölzhas described the assault as an “intolerable attack on democracy”: “Terrible images of Brasilia reach us. The violent attacks against democratic institutions are an intolerable attack on democracy,” the foreign minister said on his Twitter account, adding that they “firmly support President Lula and the Brazilian men and women.”
Total rejection from Latin American governments
Latin American business leaders, mostly on the left, have rejected the attack. The president of ArgentinaAlberto Fernández, has expressed through Twitter his “repudiation” of the attacks by the radical Bolsonaristas and has expressed his “unconditional support and that of the Argentine people” for Lula in the face of the “coup attempt”.
Along the same lines, the president of ChiliGabriel Boric, has come out to support Lula, and has not hesitated to describe the coup attempt by the ultra-conservatives as a “cowardly and vile attack on democracy.”
For his part, his counterpart ColombianGustavo Petro, also ideologically close to Lula, has called for an urgent meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) to address the “coup attempt” in Brazil. “All my solidarity with Lula and the people of Brazil. Fascism decides to carry out a coup. The right wing has not been able to maintain the non-violence pact. It is urgent time for an OAS meeting, if it wants to continue to live as an institution and apply the Democratic Charter”, Petro said in a message posted on Twitter.
All my solidarity to @LulaOficial and the people of Brazil. Fascism decides to strike.
The rights have not been able to maintain the pact of non-violence.
It is urgent time for the OAS meeting if it wants to continue to live as an institution and apply the democratic charter.
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) January 8, 2023
The president of PeruDina Boluarte, has rejected “the use of violence” and “the attempt to assault the Congress and the Presidency in Brazil”, in a message shared on her personal Twitter account.
Meanwhile, the president of MexicoAndrés Manuel López Obrador, has not only condemned the attacks, but has pointed to “the leadership of the oligarchic power” in Brazil as responsible.
Meanwhile, the government of Nicolás Maduro has indicated that since Venezuela They view with “astonishment and concern” the violent acts undertaken by “fascist and extreme right groups”, which, in their opinion, were “supported by their leaders inside and outside the country.”
We categorically reject the violence generated by Bolsonaro’s neo-fascist groups that have assaulted the democratic institutions of Brazil. Our support to @LulaOficial and to the Brazilian people who will surely mobilize in defense of Peace and its president. pic.twitter.com/6oaBXiumjx
— Nicolas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) January 8, 2023
From right-wing governments, the president Uruguayan, Luis Lacalle Pou, has lamented and condemned “the actions carried out in Brazil that threaten democracy and institutions.” This rejection has also come from Ecuadorwhere its president, Guillermo Lasso, has condemned the “actions of disrespect and vandalism” in Brazil, which “attack the democratic order and citizen security.”
Controversial tweet by Cuca Gamarra
The Government of Spain and the main political parties have condemned the attack. The controversy has come from a message that the PP parliamentary spokesperson, Cuca Gamarra, has posted on her Twitter account. As she has pointed out in a tweet in response to Sánchez’s condemnation of the events in Brazil, “with you, in Spain this is now a simple public disorder…”.
With you, in Spain this is now a simple public disorder… https://t.co/O75XlbB1kL
— Cuca Gamarra (@cucagamarra) January 8, 2023
The also general secretary of the PP was referring to the reform in the Penal Code of the crime of sedition, which has been repealed and is replaced by an aggravated crime of public disorder.
Source: Eitb
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